Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
A traveller in use on the wheel.
Welding the tyre
Still cooling off.
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Trimming with a drawknife
Cooling down while the trye is hammered in place
Drawknife in use
Welding a tyre
A few finishing taps
Field gun wheels
Fitting a heated tyre on the wheel
A taper auger
Drawknife in use
Using a press on the tyre join
A pile of iron hubs
Checking the size of the tyre with a traveller
Dampening the flames
Wheel in position for the tyre
Sawing off the spoke ends
Fitting the hot tyre
Drawknife in use on the felloes
An example of the wheelwrights art
Fitting the felloes together
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Field gun wheels
Welding a hub band
Detail of a 12 spoked wheel
The hot tyre in place
Shaping with a rasp
Bow saw in use cleaning up spoke ends
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
Drawknife in use
Adzes awaiting handles
Large bow saw in use on spoke ends
Clamped in place for tyring
Cooling the tyre down
Initial shaping
Spot welding
Close up of the hub
Cleaning up
Second tyre being hammered into place
Welding an iron band for a wheel hub
Clamping the wheel down
Cooling down
Tyre nearly in place
The second tyre being hammered in place
The first stage in shaping
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Shaping an adze handle
Tail vice and dog
Shaping with a drawknife
A wheel in need of repair
Drawknife in use again.
Letting off steam
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Using a chipping hammer
There is a wheel somewhere under the steam
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